🌐Geography🌐 Flashcards
1
Q
What is a coastal plain?
A
An area of flat land lying close to the coast, and not very high above sea level.
2
Q
What is a plateau?
A
An area of fairly level high ground.
3
Q
What is an escarpment?
A
A long steep slope, especially one at the end of a plateau.
4
Q
What is a source of a river?
A
The start of a river of stream.
5
Q
What is an upper course of a river?
A
A young river that flows quickly. It’s water has lots of energy.
6
Q
What is a middle course of a river?
A
The middle of a river gets wider and slows down.
7
Q
What is a lower course of a river?
A
It is the lower part of a river.
8
Q
What is a mouth of a river?
A
Where a river runs into another large body of water.
